Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Armenian
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Zdravo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Hvala
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Kako si?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Laku noc
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Dobro jutro
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
molim vas
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Oprostite
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Greece
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Griko
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Croatia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
bosniaque
German Name
Neugriechisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Bosniaks
Origin
1500 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
bosn1245
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Bosnian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Greek and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Bosnian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Greek vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Greek and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.